Ernie himself was pretty much forgotten, just another of the many ill-fated amateur explorers from the early days of British autorotational discovery. In the modern gyro world very few remembered the efforts of Brookland Rotorcraft, and the incredible range of the Mosquito’s popularity was completely unknown. More than anything in the early stages, it was these news cuttings and the global enthusiasm that they had generated for this tiny gyroplane built in a back yard garage, that inspired me to find out more. Those were the days when written correspondence could take weeks to cross the continents (no email back then), which made it all the more fascinating to read the stack of letters received by Brookland Rotorcraft in response from all around the world. Among the huge pile of paperwork found in Tony Philpotts’ cellar was an intriguing collection of international news cuttings from 1968/69, giving details of the Brookland Mosquito Mk.2. ![]() ![]() Ernie Brooks with his Brookland Mosquito Mk.2Īs you may have seen on previous pages, a chance discovery of the forgotten work of gyroplane pioneer Ernie Brooks, led to the eventual publication of Spinning on the Wind, nine years later.
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